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Tag: legal-guides

Guide for the private school press

Legal
December 1, 2020December 1, 2022 Student Press Law Center

Do students at a private high school or college have to check their free speech rights at the campus gate when they walk to school each morning?

The answer to that question is a resounding maybe.

Tagged College Press Freedom Guides, high school press freedom guides, legal-guides, legal-research

Naming names: Identifying minors

Legal
January 29, 2020October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

A discussion of the legal and ethical issues concerning publishing minor names and photos in student media.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Libel and privacy guides

State-by-state guide to the reporter’s privilege for student media

Legal
August 29, 2019October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Reporter's privilege laws vary by state. Some laws provide broad protection, shielding both unpublished and published information as well as confidential and non-confidential sources and information.

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research, Protecting sources guides

Access to student government meetings and information

Legal
September 13, 2018December 18, 2020 Student Press Law Center

A state-by-state guide to your legal right to attend student government meetings.

Tagged Access guides, legal-guides, legal-research

Covering School Walk-Outs and Protests FAQs

Legal
February 26, 2018October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Every day, the Student Press Law Center is receiving inquiries from student media, asking how to cover the walk-outs and student protests including the March for Our Lives rallies across the country on March 24. The following FAQs are meant to help answer questions for student journalists covering this important story. 

Tagged legal-guides, legal-research

Copyright-safe materials available for re-publication in student media

Legal
September 6, 2016October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

Links to sites that offer downloadable images and music licensed for reuse

Tagged copyright, Copyright guides, legal-guides, legal-research, public domain, tip-sheet, tipsheet

Freedom of Information FAQs

Legal
November 25, 2015October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about open records and open meetings.

Tagged Access guides, legal-guides, legal-research

Legal guide to Hazelwood and viewpoint suppression

Legal
November 6, 2015October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

A Colorado high school student newspaper wanted to publish two editorials — one in favor of a proposed administration plan to make study halls mandatory for underclassmen and one against the plan.

Tagged high school press freedom guides, legal-guides, legal-research

Advertising FAQs

Legal
October 21, 2015October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about advertising in student media.

Tagged Advertising guides, legal-guides, legal-research

First Amendment and Censorship FAQs

Legal
October 21, 2015October 5, 2020 Student Press Law Center

The Student Press Law Center answers your most frequently asked questions about a student’s right to a free press.

Tagged high school press freedom guides, legal-guides, legal-research

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